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Share Premium Tax Above FMV: End of Section 56(2)(viib), Section 92(2)(m) Continues, Tax Gap Emerges

Income Tax : The removal of the provision means companies and investors are no longer taxed on share premiums exceeding fair market value, crea...

May 5, 2026 672 Views 0 comment Print

Fair Market Value Tax Rules: Gifts, ESOPs, Inventory Conversion & Share Transfers

Income Tax : This explains how fair market value governs taxation under multiple provisions including gifts, ESOPs, and slump sales. It highlig...

April 9, 2026 579 Views 0 comment Print

Lump-Sum Alimony vs. Monthly Maintenance :Tax Treatment

Income Tax : Courts hold that one-time alimony is a capital receipt arising from extinguishment of rights and not taxable. The ruling clarifies...

March 18, 2026 2169 Views 2 comments Print

Property Deal Mismatch? How Section 50C and 56(2)(x) Can Create Phantom Income

Income Tax : The article explains how violating the twin conditions under Section 50C(2) can block valuation relief and trigger taxation on hig...

February 12, 2026 1932 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding Income from Other Sources in Taxation

Income Tax : Overview of income taxed under other sources, including dividends, winnings, interest, deemed income, forfeited advances, family p...

November 15, 2025 11322 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Sunset of Section 56(2)(viib) Provisions: No Tax on issue of share exceeding FMV

Income Tax : Finance Bill 2024 proposes the sunset of Section 56(2)(viib) from April 2025, eliminating the tax on shares issued above face valu...

July 23, 2024 6345 Views 0 comment Print

Suggestions on proposed changes to Rule 11UA of Income-tax Rules, 1962

Income Tax : Amendment to section 56(2)(viib) of Act extending the applicability of section to issue of shares to non-residents has been made a...

June 1, 2023 1908 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT proposes changes to Rule 11UA ANGEL TAX & to notify Excluded Entities

Income Tax : CBDT proposes changes to Rule 11UA in respect of ANGEL TAX- Also proposes to  notify Excluded Entities In the Finance Act, 2023, ...

May 20, 2023 3120 Views 0 comment Print

IMB certification is not a prerequisite to avoid angel tax

Income Tax : IMB Certificate of Eligible Business is not a pre-requisite to avail the benefits of non-application of the provisions of clause (...

March 25, 2022 4596 Views 0 comment Print

Representation to FM to Widen Scope of Benefit of 20% for flats

Income Tax : Representation for widening the scope of benefit in case of difference in agreement price and Circle Rate of property is upto 20 p...

November 14, 2020 15186 Views 3 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Stamp Duty Value Cannot Be Adopted Without DVO Reference When Property Title Is Disputed

Income Tax : Tribunal ruled that objections relating to defective title, encroachments, and legal disputes require proper valuation examination...

May 21, 2026 168 Views 0 comment Print

Difference Between Projected & Actual Revenue Cannot Invalidate DCF Valuation: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : Tribunal ruled that future projections under DCF method cannot be tested solely against later actual financial performance. It obs...

May 21, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

SC Allows Deduction of Grants as They Were Part of Statutory Business Activity

Income Tax : The Supreme Court held that grants disbursed by a statutory corporation formed part of its core business functions and qualified a...

May 20, 2026 222 Views 0 comment Print

Madras HC Upholds Deferred Taxation of Time-Share Fees as Obligations Continued Over Membership Period

Income Tax : Madras High Court held that time-share membership fees could not be fully taxed in the year of receipt since the assessee had cont...

May 19, 2026 126 Views 0 comment Print

Purchase of MHADA Leasehold Tenement Can Attract Section 56(2)(x): ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT held that Section 56(2)(x) applies to purchase of MHADA leasehold property rights despite reliance on Section 50C ruli...

May 19, 2026 2478 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Assessment of Startup Companies involving application of section 56 (2)(viib)

Income Tax : Notification regarding Income-tax Act Section 56(2)(viib) and assessment of Startup Companies. Clarifications for assessing recogn...

October 10, 2023 2655 Views 0 comment Print

Amendment of Income Tax Rule 11UA- Valuation of Unquoted Equity Shares

Income Tax : CBDT) amends Income Tax Rule 11UA regarding valuation of unquoted equity shares for tax purposes. Learn about changes in this amen...

September 25, 2023 29277 Views 0 comment Print

New Income Tax Rules on Taxation of Life Insurance Policy Receipts

Income Tax : Details of Sixteenth Amendment to Income Tax Rules (2023) on computation of income chargeable under life insurance policies as per...

August 16, 2023 22074 Views 2 comments Print

CBDT releases draft rule 11UA to implement amendment by Finance Act 2023

Income Tax : In the Finance Act, 2023, an amendment was introduced in this provision to bring the consideration received from non-residents wit...

May 26, 2023 6372 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Notifies Classes of Persons for Income Tax Purposes under Section 56

Income Tax : CBDT issued  Notification No. 29/2023- Income-Tax specifying certain classes of persons for the purpose of sub-clause (ii) of th...

May 24, 2023 6225 Views 0 comment Print


No penalty for addition under section 56(2)(x) due to deeming fiction

October 18, 2022 5499 Views 0 comment Print

Dipakkumar Ishwarlal Panchal Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) Admittedly the concealment/furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income, for which act penalty under section 271(1)(c) in the present case has been levied, related to the income added as per the provisions of section 56(2)(x) of the Act. More particularly on account of the fact that actual consideration paid […]

Implication of Transfer of Unquoated Shares for a consideration lower than Fair Market Value

October 15, 2022 38880 Views 0 comment Print

Transaction of sale of Unquoted equity shares will result in double taxability of difference between the FMV and transaction Value once in the hands of the Seller under Section 50CA under the Head Capital gain and again in the hands of the Buyer under Section 56(2) (x) under the head Income from Other Sources

List of relatives covered under Section 56(2) of Income Tax Act,1961

September 25, 2022 8286 Views 0 comment Print

Discover the comprehensive list of relatives covered under section 56(2) of Income Tax Act, 1961. Find out who is exempt from tax on gifts and transfers.

Transfer of Shares Through Gift – Income Tax and FEMA Regulations

September 23, 2022 36966 Views 1 comment Print

Understand the regulations and tax implications of transferring shares through gift involving a Non-Resident. Learn about the reporting requirements and Income Tax Act provisions.

CBDT notifies conditions for exemption to money received from employer or other person in Covid cases by family of deceased

August 5, 2022 3273 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT specifies conditions for exemption to money received from employer or other person in Covid cases by family of deceased ide Notification No. 92/2022-Income Tax | Dated: 5th August, 2022. Clause (XIII) of the first proviso to clause (x) of sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Income-tax Act, 1961  provides that where any sum […]

Amount received for Covid-19 Treatment from any person- CBDT notifies conditions & Forms

August 5, 2022 2079 Views 0 comment Print

Clause (XII) of the first proviso of clause (x) of sub-section (2) of section 56 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 provides that any sum of money received by an individual, from any person, in respect of any expenditure actually incurred by him on his medical treatment or treatment of any member of his family in […]

Document to be submitted by employee to claim exemption on sum received for COVID-19 treatment

August 5, 2022 5022 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT specifies Document to be submitted by employee to claim exemption on sum received for COVID-19 treatment vide Notification No. 90/2022-Income Tax, Dated: 05.08.2022 Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) (Central Board of Direct Taxes) New Delhi Notification No. 90/2022-Income Tax | Dated: 5th August, 2022 S.O. 3703(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause […]

Expenses related to interest income allowable under Section 56

August 5, 2022 2817 Views 0 comment Print

Income from FDRs are treated as income from other sources under Section 56 of the Act. The expenses related to the said interest income earned by the assessee has to be allowed which is permissible under the Statute of law.

Defined of relative cannot be imported into Income Tax Act from Senior Citizens Act

July 28, 2022 2097 Views 0 comment Print

Statutory definition of relative u/s 2(g) of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 cannot be imported under Section 2(41) and Section 56 of Income Tax Act, 1961 when both the Acts define the term differently.

Section 56(2)(viib) or Rule 11UA not provides for rounding off of FMV of Shares

July 26, 2022 1812 Views 0 comment Print

Royal Accord Realtors Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) In a taxing statute one has to look merely at what is clearly said in the section. There is no room for any intendment. There is no concept of equity in tax law. Nothing is to be read in, nothing is to be implied. One has […]

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